Open Forum: Medicine and Women

Overview Speakers

From research projects to clinical trials conducted exclusively with men, medical science is only just beginning to explore the importance of a combination of factors from gender to social behaviour and psychological or biological differences in health and medicine.

Where is gender research headed and what are the most promising applications in research, prevention and care?

Victoria Lee

Lucy Perez

Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

Jodie Padilla Lozano

Global Shaper, Guayaquil Hub

Bjoern von Siemens

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Caresyntax

Sophie Achieng Otiende

Founder, Azadi Community Based Organization

Jude Kelly

Chief Executive Officer and Founder, The WOW Foundation

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